{"product_id":"new-and-selected-poems","title":"New and Selected Poems (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of NPR’s \"Books We Love in 2024\" and a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCalifornia Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBest Poetry of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[This book] makes a concise case for Howe's status as an essential poet.\" ―Craig Morgan Teicher, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn indispensable collection of more than four decades of profound, luminous poetry from acclaimed poet Marie Howe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharacterized by “a radical simplicity and seriousness of purpose, along with a fearless interest in autobiography and its tragedies and redemptions” (Matthew Zapruder, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Marie Howe’s poetry transforms penetrating observations of everyday life into sacred, humane miracles. This essential volume draws from each of Howe’s four previous collections―including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat the Living Do\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1997), a haunting archive of personal loss, and the National Book Award–longlisted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMagdalene\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2017), a spiritual and sensual exploration of contemporary womanhood―and contains twenty new poems. Whether speaking in the voice of the goddess Persephone or thinking about aging while walking the dog, Howe is “a light-bearer, an extraordinary poet of our human sorrow and ordinary joy” (Dorianne Laux).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marie Howe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46156593856690,"sku":"9781324117674","price":625.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781324117674.jpg?v=1782389105","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/new-and-selected-poems","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}